Crime & Safety

Arrest Announced in Ashley Hall Road Robbery

Charleston Police arrested an 18-year-old West Ashley man in connection with an alleged armed robbery on Ashley Hall Road on June 12

A West Ashley man is facing charges of armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, according to a Charleston Police Department statement.

Isaac Jerrel Smith, 18, of Ashley Hall Road was arrested Monday in connection with a June 12 robbery of an Ashley Hall Road woman who allegedly was held up at her mailbox around 10 p.m., according to the statement.

Smith is accused of being the man who approached the victim as she walked from her mailbox to her apartment that evening, and stole her leather handbag. He was allegedly armed at the time.

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